Question - Regarding house Danielle and I were interested in

Hi,
I am planning on calliing the owners tonight, because it is being sold by owner. We told them we would get back to them if we were going to put the offer in that they were looking for.

Well Danielle and I talked last night with Danielle's mom and dad and we decided we may just pass on the house. It really bums me out too, but there is something about the house that we cannot settle with. It has 3 bedrooms and one is right off the kitchen. We were going to make that the dining room and then we would only have 2 bedrooms. One is really small and we were going to use as an office and the other is just a little bit bigger. Our bedroom in our apartment is bigger than the both rooms together. Well almost. So even thought the house is totally renovated and it has a nice openess and 2.5 baths we gotta pass.

Now what do I say when I call the owners tonight? I want to tell them that we are going to pass on the house because I dont want to leave them hanging. They are really nice.
Thanks,
Scott

Re: Question - Regarding house Danielle and I were interested in

I would be honest & tell them that after some discussions with your wife you both have realized that this is not the house for you...With the renovations that you would have to do to the house, you would have a smaller place then you do now...Honesty is the best policy

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That's to bad but if the house isn't for you, you won't be happy there. I would just say, after discussing it over we decided the house just isn't for us. Don't worry so much about it.
Your house is out there, it's just waiting for you to find it.

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We met the NICEST people at one of the houses we looked at...we clicked and it was FSBO. The house was totally renovated - and we were going to go back to look again w/ my dad BUT we just decided to pass b/c there was NO BASEMENT...and that was not negotiable for us.

I felt stupid calling them up but I just said thank you for showing me the house and told them that ultimately we wanted a basement.

We saw this house while driving around and called the number and got invited in! LOL...not knowing it didn't have a basement.

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I'd just be honest and let them know that you guys decided this isn't the house for you.

If you could find a way to explain why without insulting the owner you can but otherwise I'd leave it at that.

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Ok I called. I feel really bad now...dont know why. I told her that we really loved the house, Which she knew, but we had to pass on it. I also told her that I wanted to thank her for showing us the house this week and spending so much time with us. I said I hope we didnt waste your time, and she said that we didnt. I kinda felt that she was a little mad that we werent going to buy the house...At the end of the conversation, I said that I wanted to wish her luck in selling it and that was it

Scott

Re: Question - Regarding house Danielle and I were interested in

i think that sometimes is the danger of sellers going back and forth with the buyer about prices... when sellers accepts one of the first bids the buyer has less time to think and is still so excited about the house... but when you are going back and forth and it is taking forever it gives the buyer so much time to think about why the house may not be for them... hope this made sense

you guys will find the right house soon!!